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The knife is a weapon in Fallout: New Vegas.
Characteristics[]
A one-handed bladed weapon that served as a simple kitchen knife pre-War, being extremely common to the point of being cheap clutter. It deals the third-lowest damage per strike of all bladed melee weapons while having the third-lowest AP cost.
The knife's common availability and low cost to repair through a vendor make it ideal for repairing higher-ended one-handed melee weapons via the Jury Rigging perk. It is one of the required components in the crafting of the weapon binding ritual from the Honest Hearts add-on. It is considered a holdout weapon.
Special attack[]
The knife has a special Back Slash attack that does 70% damage in V.A.T.S. at the cost of 4 fewer action points (requires a Melee Weapons skill of 50).
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 | - Type of attack |  | - Skill required | |
 | - Damage per attack in V.A.T.S. |  | - Action point cost | |
 | - Damage per action point |  | - Additional effects | |
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| Normal | 0 | 16 | 20 | 0.8 |
| Back Slash | 50 | 11.2 | 16 | 0.7 |
- Note: Melee weapons do double normal damage in V.A.T.S.
It is possible to execute Back Slash outside of V.A.T.S. (without the required Melee Weapons skill of 50 to perform the move) by initiating a power attack (hold attack button) while moving forward.
Durability[]
The knife can successfully strike about 745 times from full condition before breaking.
Locations[]
- Most commonly found in the kitchens of houses or hotels, e.g. in the kitchen of Doc Mitchell's house.
- Used by Viper gunslingers, Freeside thugs and Jackal gang members.
- Often carried by wastelanders, but sometimes they cannot be pickpocketed, only taken from the dead body.
- Frequently found on the bodies of NCR troopers.
- The Atomic Wrangler crier carries one.
- Two in tool cabinets, in the Nipton house with the Mr. Gutsy prototype.
Three can be found stuck into a picture of Mr. House, in the kitchen of house #00 in Higgs Village.
Notes[]
In the Ultra-Luxe, within the Gourmand's kitchen area, several larger knives can be found, however their size does not change when equipped. If dropped, it will remain the same size; if picked up and dropped again, it will revert to the normal size.
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